#A4AD49#A4AD49

#A4AD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.125 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AD49
RGB	rgb(164, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -17.13, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 52.12, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0503 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.125 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4567, 38.2612, 12.0301)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AD49 #5249AD

analogous

#AD8449 #A4AD49 #72AD49

triadic

#A4AD49 #49A4AD #AD49A4

tetradic

#A4AD49 #49AD84 #5249AD #AD4972

square

#A4AD49 #49AD84 #5249AD #AD4972

split-complementary

#A4AD49 #4972AD #8449AD

monochromatic

#525725 #7B8237 #A4AD49 #BBC370 #D0D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A4AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A4AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AD49

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AD49	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.125 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c57f',
    500: '#a4ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ad49;
$custom-light: #c1c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.4,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72005,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AD49

secondary

#9590C1

accent

#57D162

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AD49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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